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Arthur Anson

Birth	:	6 Feb 1851 Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	6 Feb 1914 Pine Castle, Orange County, Florida, USA
Burial	:	Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Ballarat City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-37.5495790, 143.8491600
Description	:	Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Thursday, February 12, 1914, [p. 1] Falls From Moving Train Arthur Anson of Guss Is Killed Near Pines Castle, Florida, and It Is Thought Death Was an Accident—Body Shipped Home for Burial The residents of Guss and vicinity are mourning the unexpected death of Arthur Anson, a well-known resident of that place, which occurred near Pines Castle, Florida, last Friday morning. Mr. Anson, with a party of other gentlemen, was accompanying W. H. Reynolds, Jr., on a land trip through Florida, and en route fell off the train, supposedly while passing from one car to another.... Read More	Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Thursday, February 12, 1914, [p. 1] Falls From Moving Train Arthur Anson of Guss Is Killed Near Pines Castle, Florida, and It Is Thought Death Was an Accident—Body Shipped Home for Burial The residents of Guss and vicinity are mourning the unexpected death of Arthur Anson, a well-known resident of that place, which occurred near Pines Castle, Florida, last Friday morning. Mr. Anson, with a party of other gentlemen, was accompanying W. H. Reynolds, Jr., on a land trip through Florida, and en route fell off the train, supposedly while passing from one car to another. The trains there have open vestibules and Mr. Anson probably slipped and fell from the car while it was moving at a good rate of speed. He was first missed from the party while only a short distance from Pines Castle and when a thorough search of the train did not reveal his whereabouts a stop was made at the next station, Lakeland, and a searching party was organized. He was found about a mile out of Pines Castle and indications pointed toward an instantaneous death. He was bruised considerable about the face, one arm was broken and he sustained several internal injuries. Fred J. Nichols of Nodaway was a member of the party and he accompanied the body to Villisca, arriving here Tuesday noon. When interviewed, Mr. Nichols said that Mr. Anson was feeling fine during his trip with the exception of the evening before his death when he complained of a stomach trouble but had gotten over this by bedtime and slept soundly the night before. Mr. Anson was never afflicted with strange actions at any time and the exact manner of his death will forever remain a mystery. Died on Birthday Walter Anson was born near Wilmington, Ohio, February 6, 1851 and died on his birthday, aged sixty-three years. He had lived in Ohio until about fifteen years ago when he moved with his wife to Guss, where he engaged in farm work for a time. For the past few years he had been running a boarding house at Guss and did gardening work. He had just completed the last payment on ten acres of land in Florida and made the trip there to look at it. He was very spry for his age and on Monday February 2, the day the party departed, walked from his home to the station at Villisca. In telling of the accident, W. H. Reynolds writes The Review, in a letter dated at Orlando, Florida, February 6, as follows: “Friends of Arthur Anson will want to know the particulars concerning his death just south of this city today, by falling from a moving train. No one saw him fall but he evidently lost his balance while passing from one car to another. As soon as missed we wired for a search and took the next train back. Fred J. Nichols will accompany the remains back to Villisca. It is one of those unfortunate and regrettable accidents that are occurring continually and from which none of us is free. He was in the best of spirits and his sad death has cast a great sorrow over our crowd.” Mr. Nichols was very much broken up on his arrival in Villisca and felt the loss of Mr. Anson deeply. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the home in Guss at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. E. S. McCartney, pastor of the Nodaway M. E. church. Interment was in the Guss cemetery. He is survived by a wife. S. E. Anson of this city is a nephew of the deceased and he has other distant relatives in this vicinity.

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Where is Arthur Anson's memorial?
Arthur Anson's memorial is located at: Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Ballarat City, Australia.
When did Arthur Anson death?
Arthur Anson death on 6 Feb 1914 in Pine Castle, Orange County, Florida, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Arthur Anson's memorial?
Latitude: -37.5495790
Longitude: 143.8491600

Family Members:

Parent

Milo F. Anson

(1824 - 1876)

(unknow - unknow)

Spouse

Susan Paulina Rogers Anson

(1852 - 1931)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Mary Ellen Anson Andrew

(1845 - 1919)

Amos H. Anson

(1848 - 1925)

Alice C Anson Schaeffer

(1855 - 1920)

Ella Anson

(1845 - 1863)

Infant Anson

(1864 - 1864)

Children

Geneva Anson

(1881 - 1902)

Flowers:

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